Isaac fisher and william towle



(No Model.)

I. FISHER 8v W. TOWLE.

STALL.

Patented Deo. 6,1881.

No. 250,631.v

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ISAAC FISHER AND WILLIAM TOWLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STALL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,631, dated December6, 1881,

Application filed September 29, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ISAAC FISHER and WILLIAMTowLE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at New York, in the countyand State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements inStalls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stalls for horses and other animals, andespecially that class of stalls having a drain sunken into the doorthereof for catching urine and other liquid matter.

Prior to our invention it has been difficultto prevent leakage in thevicinity of the drain, owing to its faulty construction or arrangement,and hence, in the event of the location of a cellar or floor below thestall-as, for instance, in fire-engine housesit is liable to becomesoiled with urine and to overcome the objection thus occasioned to theuse of the drain is the primary object of our invention.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l represents a vertical longitudinal section. Fig.2 is a plan ortop view.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the stall-floor, and B the drain sunken therein,the door being provided with an opening, A', for this purpose. C are thefloor-beams.

The drain B is adapted to be connected with a drain-pipe at the bottom,and on the upper edge thereof is formed an outwardly-projecting ange, a,while two of the floor-beams C, having the drain placed between them,are rabbeted in their adjacent edges, as clearly shown, to receive suchiiange, which is thus supported flush with the upper edges of thefloor-beams, so that when the iloor is laid down the drain is iirmlyheld in place, and a tight joint is produced, effectually preventing anyleakage from the floor at the edges ofits drainopening.

The stall-hoor A, around its opening A', is provided with the inclinedportions e e, which extend over the flange a on the drain B, as clearlyshown in Fig. l, which construction and arrangement of parts compels thedrainage to flow directly into the drain, and provides a tight jointbetween the drain and stallfloor, therebyT entirely7 avoiding thepossibility of leakage between said parts 5 and at the same time theinclined portions of the stallfloor, overlappingthe ange on the drain,serve to retain the latter in proper position, as before stated.

Upon the stall-floor is arranged the grating D, which is level orhorizontal, so that while the passage of the liquid is left unimpededthe animal is thereby protected against stepping into the drain, andalso prevented from injuring or breaking the latter by that means. Thisgrating l) is tted to the sloping portion of the floor, thus extendingacross the drain, and a false iioor is preferably laid around it, in thestall, on a level therewith, as indicated.

Near the top, and internally of the drain B, is formed a shoulder, f,upon which is fitted a foraminous screen, G, the latter being leftdetached, so that it is removable. The function of this screen G is toarrest any solid matter that may find its way into the drain, and alsoto act as a safeguard against the horses stepping into the drain, incase the grating should become broken, the shoulder affording a iirmsupport thereto.

We are aware that a stall-floor has heretofore been provided withinclines and an opening in which is secured atrapped drain-pipe but, asheretofore constructed and arranged, the drainage will leak between thesloping lioor and the drain-pipe. By the construction and arrangementpresent in our invention we effectually avoid the possibility of leakagebetween the stall-floor and the drain; and, further, the door-beamssustain the drain, while the inclined portions of the stall-flooroverlap the flange on the drain and subserve the functions of retainingthe drain in proper position, providing a tight joint between the licorand the drain, and causing the drainage to be discharged directly intothe latter.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a stall for horses, the combination of the door-beams C C, havingrabbets in their adjacent edges, the drain B, having alaterallyprojecting flan ge, a, suspended on the rabbets of said beams,flush with the latter, the stall- ICO iioor A, having the inclinedportions e e, exour hands and seals in the presenceof two subtendingover the iiange of the drain, in the scribing Witnesses.

.manner described for direotino the drainage into the latter, andproviding,` abtight joint be- Asgvl-'LE L' Si] 5 tween the floor andsaid drain, andthe grating [L S'l D, extending over the stall-hoor,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set Witnesses g J. HERMANNWAHLERs, Grills. WAHLERs.

